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Thursday, October 3rd

10/3/2013

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Goal:  Solidify your topic idea

Agenda:
1. TIB essay readings


2. Starter:  

Respond to this rhetoric in at least 100 words. 
Questions to consider:   How does this man's performance make you feel? How does his poem relate to Stop and Frisk? Does he change your mind or affirm your opinion on Stop and Frisk?   Ultimately, is his message effective?  (What needs to be true about the audience for this message to be effective?) 

3. Look at the exhibition prep calendar and enter the op-ed draft for peer critique and exhibition dates into your calendar (this can be found in the op-ed project resources google doc folder) 

4. Mini lesson: Introduce  opposing viewpoint analysis and research handout (this can be found in the project google doc folder as can ALL exhibition prep documents!!)


5. WORK TIME
  • Review the project proposal survey requirements and research your topic enough to answer the survey questions.
  • Begin working on the opposing viewpoint analysis form
  • Conference with Ashley if you're struggling to come up with topic ideas or need help narrowing your topic.
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Wednesday, October 2nd

10/2/2013

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EXTRA CREDIT:
To encourage more frequent checking of my DP (for no other reason than to offer you an awe-inspiring aesthetic experience as my DP is stunning) I will sporadically throw some E.C. points your way.
SO, 2 points E.C. to those who, by 8:14 Wednesday morning, email me a funny yet appropriate youtube video that is less than 2 minutes long.


GOALS
  • Analyze Stop and Frisk through the lens of moral philosophy and justice as defined by security, liberty and equality.
  • Defend your stance on the constitutionality of Stop and Frisk

Today's fishbowl seminar

1. Go over the Fishbowl Seminar instructions

2. Seminar

  • 2 rounds, 8 minutes each per group
  • Outer circle: take notes on ideas in the inner circle that you will directly respond to or build off of when it is your turn.

Round 1: 
 Federal Judge Shira Scheindlin rules: "In their zeal to defend a policy that they believe to be effective, [New York Police] have willfully ignored overwhelming proof that the policy of targeting 'the right people' is racially discriminatory and therefore violates the United States Constitution."

  • To what extent do you agree with Judge Scheindlin’s statement?  
  • What evidence do you have that backs you up? (For 1 minute you can only cite evidence that is pathos, then 1 minute on ethos, then 1 minute on logos)
  • What are arguments on the opposing side?


Round 2:  Follow-up questions
1.  Which constitutional amendments does it violate?

2. What are the most persuasive pieces of rhetorical evidence in support of your position? You must cite one example of pathos, ethos and logos and explain how it is pathos, ethos or logos.

3. Which moral philosophy (Libertarianism, Deontology, Rawls’ Justice as Fairness or Utilitarianism) would support your position and why?

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Op-Ed Article Project Proposal Survey (due Friday)

10/1/2013

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Tuesday, October 1st

10/1/2013

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Today's Goals:
  • Understand the requirements for the op-ed article and identify some of those elements in a student example from last year.
  • Choose a topic that you're excited about (ideally)

TIB Reading

NOTE:  All documents for today's class and the rest of project work time can be found in the Morality and Politics of Justice project google doc folder, which is located on my projects page.  

Starter:
What is the definition of rhetoric?
What are ethos, pathos and logos?

Agenda
1. Discuss the starter

2. Share your three images from edmodo with a partner. Evaluate the extent to which your partner's images are accurate representations of ethos/pathos/logos.  Volunteer to share theirs with the entire class?

3. 
Read Helen Thomson's example op-ed article on the death penalty and answer these questions:

  • What is her thesis?  
  • Where is it?
  • Which political issue is she addressing and which recent current events issue relates to it?
  • How does she answer the essential question:  How should the government balance security, liberty and equality in creating a just society?
  • Which moral philosophies seem represented in her article, both by opposing viewpoints and her own?

4.  Brainstorm possi
ble topics for your op-ed article
  • Speed dating 
  • Pick your topic: See THIS LIST of topic ideas


5. Go over the exhibition prep calendar and homework for the week
  • Bookmark op-ed resources folder
  • Enter this week's deadlines into your planner

6. Work time: Begin finding a current events article related to your topic

Homework Due Friday:
Choose your op-ed topic and find a current events article or video pertaining to your issue. Complete the project proposal survey on my dp.

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